Shoe



April 19, 193s. P, Y, SWLEY 2,114,749

SHOE l Filed April 4, 1956 ZZQAL 5 above the fur-trimmedcovering I0, and abinding ming strip-of fur-like n 4aterial attached to the ATENT OFFICE SHOE Pearl Y. Smiley, Kitchener, Qntario, Canada, as-

signor to The B.' F. Goodrich Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application april 4, i936, serial No. '12,125

' 4 claims. (ci. 's6-7.3)

This invention relates to` shoes having a fur By this construction, the fur is deflected away trimming about the top of the upper. from the limb so as to prevent contact of the Heretofore shoes have been provided With'fur fur with the stocking. The extension of the around the margin of the upper. Such fur trimupper beyond its outer covering provides a gripl ming has been doubled in V-shape about the ping element by which the shoe may be drawn 5 margins and sewed thereto. It has been found onto the foot without loosening the fur. that such fur trimmings become compressed be- I claim: n tween the shoe and the limb, causing the fur to 1. In an overshoe, including an outside membecome matted and. worn. When the fur beber and an inner lining forming parts of the comes wet it soils the stockings of the wearer due upper; a trimming strip of fur stitched to the 10 to contact therewith. When the wearer attempts inside of the upper by a row of stitching passing to draw the shoe onto the foot the unprotected through the outside member adjacent the upper and inadequately supported fur is often grasped edges of the same, said strip being folded to lie and pulled from the shoe. over the upper edges ofsaid outside member and The principal objects of this inventon are to to extend down along' the outside member, a l5 provide a structure and method of constructing second row of stitching passing through said outsuch shoes which will overcome these dsadside member adjacent the lower edge of said fur vantages, and to provide simplicity of construcstrip, said inner lining projecting above the upper tion. o stitched portion of the fur strip for purposes Other objects will appear from the following described. 20

description and the accompanying drawing. 2. An article of footwear comprising a sole, an Of the drawing; upper attached thereto and having a facing and Fig. 1 is a perspective view'of the completed a lining secured to each other near the sole but shoe in its preferred form. unattached over an area adjacent their free Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of margins and an ornamental trimming attached 2,- Fig. 1, the lower portion ofthe shoe being broken over the free margin of the facing, the unataway. tached portion of the lining extending between Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken the trimming and the limb of the wearer so as on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. to protect the stocking from contact with the Referring to the drawing, the numeral I0 trimming and terminating short of the top of the 30 designates the fabric outer covering of the shoe, trimming so as to be concealed thereby. the numeral l I a layer of rubber, and the numeral 3. Ari' article of footwear comprising a sole, an I'2 the fabric lining. These three layers are vulupper attached thereto and having a facing and Y canized together throughout the upper of the a. lining secured to each other near the sole but shoe except above the line I3, above which the unattached adjacent their free top margins, and 3,-, outer covering Il) is separated from the other an ornamental trimming attached over the free components of the upper. Above the line of top margin of the facing, the unattached portion separation I3, a layer I4 of fabric is applied to. of the lining extending upwardly between the the layer of rubber Il. The fur edging l5 is trimming and the limb of the wearer so as to stitched to the upper edge of the covering I0 protect the stocking from contact with the trim- 4o as at I6, the fur strip being doubled over the ming and terminating below the top of the trimupper edge of the covering. ming so as to be,\concealed by the trimming.

In order to shield the fur 'from contact with 4. An article of footwear comprising a facing the stocking, the plies Il, I2, and I4 are extended and a lining forming pars of the upper, a trim- I1 is applied'thereto. This construction is coninside of the facing, said strip being folded over tinued along the edges of the vent in front of the upper margin of the facing and being secured the shoe in a modified form, the fur being applied thereover, said lining projecting above the bottom about the edge of the outer covering and the of the trimming strip but terminating below its outer covering being attached to the other layers fold.

of the upper by a line of stitching I8; PEARL Y. SMILEY. 

